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ENGL 250 - English Grammar


PREREQUISITES: ENGL 111 - English Composition  
PROGRAM: Liberal Arts
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Summer, 2011

An in-depth study of the grammatical structures of American English. A course designed to acquaint students with descriptions of modern English syntax.

MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:

  1. Identify sentence patterns of English.
  2. Generate the sentence patterns.
  3. Transform basic sentence patterns into diverse conversions including interrogative, negative, and passive forms.
  4. Transform basic sentences into effective expansions, understanding how punctuation rules grow from these expansions.
  5. Refine diverse sentence structures, observing and evaluating sentences for parallel structure, point of view, grammar, and appropriate word choice.


COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -  

  • Form and structure
  • Basic sentence patterns
  • Transformations
  • Expansions
  • Parallelism
  • Punctuation
  • Appropriate word choice
  • Grammatical systems

 
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